Chinese Checkers
E1027121
Chinese Checkers is a strategic board game for two to six players in which participants race to move their pieces across a star-shaped board by making single-step moves and jumps.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chinese Checkers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13205950 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Checkers Context triple: [Soul Dressing, hasPart, Chinese Checkers]
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A.
Parchís
Parchís was a popular Spanish children's music group from the late 1970s and 1980s known for their catchy songs and colorful, board-game-inspired image.
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B.
Checkers
Checkers is a classic two-player board game in which opponents move diagonal pieces to capture or block each other, aiming to remove all of the opponent’s pieces.
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C.
Checkers (play)
Checkers is a stage play written by Douglas McGrath that dramatizes the personal and political fallout from Richard Nixon’s famous 1952 “Checkers” speech.
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D.
Chessmen
Chessmen are classic buttery shortbread cookies from Pepperidge Farm, known for their rich flavor and distinctive stamped designs.
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E.
Backgammon
Backgammon is an ancient two-player board game of strategy and chance in which players race their checkers around and off a board according to dice rolls.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Checkers Target entity description: Chinese Checkers is a strategic board game for two to six players in which participants race to move their pieces across a star-shaped board by making single-step moves and jumps.
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A.
Parchís
Parchís was a popular Spanish children's music group from the late 1970s and 1980s known for their catchy songs and colorful, board-game-inspired image.
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B.
Checkers
Checkers is a classic two-player board game in which opponents move diagonal pieces to capture or block each other, aiming to remove all of the opponent’s pieces.
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C.
Checkers (play)
Checkers is a stage play written by Douglas McGrath that dramatizes the personal and political fallout from Richard Nixon’s famous 1952 “Checkers” speech.
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D.
Chessmen
Chessmen are classic buttery shortbread cookies from Pepperidge Farm, known for their rich flavor and distinctive stamped designs.
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E.
Backgammon
Backgammon is an ancient two-player board game of strategy and chance in which players race their checkers around and off a board according to dice rolls.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abstract strategy game
ⓘ
board game ⓘ race game ⓘ |
| ageRange | children and adults ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Stern-Halma ⓘ |
| basedOn | Halma ⓘ |
| boardShape |
hexagram
ⓘ
six-pointed star ⓘ |
| captureMechanic | none ⓘ |
| category |
family game
ⓘ
strategy game ⓘ |
| commercializedBy | Pressman Toy Corporation ⓘ |
| complexity | easy to learn ⓘ |
| equipment |
colored marbles
ⓘ
colored pegs ⓘ star-shaped board ⓘ |
| goal | move all pieces from starting triangle to opposite triangle ⓘ |
| hasMisleadingName | not of Chinese origin ⓘ |
| informationType | perfect information ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Halma ⓘ |
| jumpType | multiple jumps in one turn allowed ⓘ |
| luckFactor | none ⓘ |
| moveType |
jump over adjacent piece to empty hole
ⓘ
single-step move to adjacent hole ⓘ |
| numberOfPlayers |
2
ⓘ
3 ⓘ 4 ⓘ 5 ⓘ 6 ⓘ |
| originCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| originPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| popularIn |
East Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| primaryMechanic |
chain jumps
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jumping over pieces ⓘ piece movement ⓘ |
| standardPiecesPerPlayer | 10 ⓘ |
| startingArea |
one point of the star
ⓘ
triangle of 10 holes ⓘ |
| strategicDepth | moderate ⓘ |
| teamPlay |
allowed
ⓘ
commonly played 4 or 6 players in teams ⓘ |
| theme | abstract ⓘ |
| turnStructure | players move in turn ⓘ |
| typicalNumberOfPlayers |
2
ⓘ
3 ⓘ 4 ⓘ |
| winningCondition | first player to occupy all target holes wins ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chinese Checkers Description of subject: Chinese Checkers is a strategic board game for two to six players in which participants race to move their pieces across a star-shaped board by making single-step moves and jumps.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.